HC Deb 12 June 1989 vol 154 c331W
26. Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what further steps he will take to reduce pollution from motor vehicles.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

We shall be consulting soon on draft regulations to implement the standards which were agreed last year in the European Community for cars, buses and goods vehicles.

My noble Friend the Minister for Housing, Environment and Countryside reached agreement last week with our European partners on much stricter limits for small cars. These will take mandatory effect from 1992.